New Original Comedy for Starz

ENGLEWOOD, October 14: Party Down, a new half-hour original comedy series, will debut
exclusively on Starz in the first quarter of 2009, and is the first show
produced for the network by its sister company, Starz Media.

The comedy is created and executive produced by Rob Thomas (Veronica
Mars, Cupid), along with John Enbom, Paul Rudd and Dan
Etheridge. Enbom also serves as showrunner. Party Down follows a group of Hollywood wannabes making ends
meet working for a Los Angeles catering company as they chase their dreams of
stardom.

“We’ll have opportunity for satirical lampooning of whatever
subset the party represents as we tell the ongoing stories of our catering
crew,” said Thomas. "If the original British version of The Office was a show about people who have given themselves
over completely to the rat race, Party Down is a show about people who have chased the dream for
far too long. We're particularly interested in mining the comedy of what
happens as the dream fades.”

”Party Down is a new
daringly fresh series that will bring a new style of comedy to Starz,” added
Stephan Shelanski, the executive VP of programming for Starz Entertainment. “It
further fulfills our mission to produce intelligent, contemporary original
series that traditional networks cannot offer. We are pleased to work with Rob
Thomas who brings a unique and visionary style to his productions. Party
Down will be the perfect companion show to
our hit comedy series Head Case.
These two shows will ensure a dependable destination for fresh, out-of-the-norm
comedy entertainment.”

Starz Media's Anchor Bay Entertainment will hold exclusive
worldwide home-entertainment distribution rights for Party Down, while the company's worldwide distribution group
will handle international television domestic syndication sales.

—By Kristin Brzoznowski